Christmas Eve at Angkor Wat
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007We woke up on Christmas Eve a little sad that we were in dusty Cambodia, the furthest thing imaginable from a white Christmas. But, our trip was getting easier. We found a money changer and a makeshift breakfast to start the day. We walked around the town a bit and found out it wasn’t all bad, much like an infant Bangkok just developing to serve the needs of the hoards of travelers starting to come see the ruins. And we found another nice tuk tuk driver who agreed to give us a tour of Angkor Wat for the day for $8.
We hopped in and were on our way. At the entrance to the ancient city, we each paid $20 USD for the day – pricey, but well worth every cent. We couldn’t even do its history justice here but, suffice it to say it was once the largest, most powerful city in Southeast Asia, with over a million people when London only had 50,000 inhabitants. [read on]
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